Roger Kirkpatrick - former referee from the 60's and 70's. OK, so he died in May 2013 so not exactly breaking news but I didn't know and thought it deserving of a mention any way even if it was covered at the time.

The only reason I do mention it, is that the Swindon 8 Bury 0 youtube clip (thanks for posting Bedford) links into QPR v Swindon from September '69 and he was the referee. With his pork chop side burns he really was one of the iconic refs of the time(I suppose the other main ones being Clive Thomas and Jack Taylor - I'm sure Reg and some of the slightly older chaps will remember some others).

Anyone who loves a bit of nostalgia, just do a Google image search for 'Roger Kirkpatrick Football Referee'...there is some utterly fantastic (and random) stuff on there.

Roger Kirkpatrick - former referee from the 60's and 70's. OK, so he died in May 2013 so not exactly breaking news but I didn't know and thought it deserving of a mention any way even if it was covered at the time.

The only reason I do mention it, is that the Swindon 8 Bury 0 youtube clip (thanks for posting Bedford) links into QPR v Swindon from September '69 and he was the referee. With his pork chop side burns he really was one of the iconic refs of the time(I suppose the other main ones being Clive Thomas and Jack Taylor - I'm sure Reg and some of the slightly older chaps will remember some others).

Anyone who loves a bit of nostalgia, just do a Google image search for 'Roger Kirkpatrick Football Referee'...there is some utterly fantastic (and random) stuff on there.